This site is for three groups...

 

    ... PATIENTS  at our CLINIC to learn how to control pain problems.

 

    ... WORKPLACES  seeking to reduce injuries and Worker Comp costs

 

    ... PHYSICAL THERAPISTS  seeking to copy our success.

 

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PATIENTS...

Who is SmartCare?    What is physical therapy?    How do I access PT care?

Become an expert on your pain problem!   Back & neck pain,  tendinitis, rotator cuff, tennis elbow, carpal tunnel,  TMJ & headache, Sports injury,

Workplace injury...   Recovery from orthopedic surgery. 

Go to the link listed above for the Patients-Public page for lots of info.

            

       Dixfield clinic   562-8048               Turner clinic   225-5355

 

 

WORKPLACES...

Reduce Worker Comp costs & claims for back-neck-arm soft tissue injuries.  

Our NO-LOST-TIME program averages 70% decrease in lost work days.

Effective tips and techniques you can take from this site. 

Go to link above to Workplace-Program for summary... PLUS...

See our MSD prevention web site... http://www.impacc.com

 

 

PHYSICAL THERAPISTS...

It is time to re-define your profession.   The health care revolution is here.  

Impending changes could be fatal to your career... unless you adapt.  

We have done exactly that to create a dynamic, growing and very successful practice.  Check out what we have done to adapt and succeed !     Practice management tips. 

Clinic treatment programs and protocols. ...dozens of tips and ideas, any one of which could be key to expanded success for your practice.   Check out the links above

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WHO WE ARE...

Lauren Hebert, DPT, OCS

Aaron Perreault, ATC

Elissa Thibodeau, PT

Allen Wicken, MSPT

Lauren Hebert, DPT, OCS

Doctor of Physical Therapy...

Board-Certified Orthopedic Specialist...

35+ years of experience ...

Dixfield native ... Graduate of University of Vermont ... Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from University of New England... Owner of SmartCare PT ... owner of IMPACC Prevention & Ergonomics Consulting... former owner of IMPACC-USA Publishing ... and Orthopedic PT Center of Augusta & Bangor ME ... formerly PT Director at Penobscot Bay Medical Center of Rockland, ME. .. Director of Rehabilitation Associates of Milwuakee, Wi ... Chief PT with University Associates in PT of Burlington VT ... Past president of Maine PT Assoc ... Faculty appointment at University of Vermont ... Guest lecturer at University of New England, Husson, Marquette, Purdue, Mayo Clinic ... keynote presenter at California PT Assoc, Maine PT Assoc, Mass PT Assoc, plus American PT Assoc, and World PT Congress... eProfessor for Educata online continuing postgraduate education for physiotherapists worldwide. 

 

Lauren authored the IMPACC and the 'NO-LOST-TIME' formats of Back School and Neck-Arm School ergonomics & work injury prevention programs. These workplace prevention programs average a 72% reduction in lost work days among 600 client workplaces since 1980.

These programs are also  packaged for PTs and OTs to bring to employers in their communities, a prevention consulting practice in-a-box. Lauren teaches live seminars nationwide and provides PT-OT self-study courses on industrial consulting and work injury management.  

Lauren also authors patient education books-videos-CDs teaching patients & workers how to take care of pain problems. Best-known works are YOUR BACK FOR LIFE ... SEX & BACK PAIN ... LIVING WITH CTD ... OVERCOMING TMJ ... THE INDUSTRIAL ATHLETE ... NECK-ARM-HAND BOOK ... PERSONAL ERGONOMICS GUIDES ... THE WORK INJURY PRACTICE ...and the SMARTCARE MANUALS.... used by hundreds of clinics throughout North America.

See resume at bottom of this page

 

Aaron Perreault, ATC, is our area's only full-time professional licensed Certified Athletic Trainer, addressing sports injuries, fitness and conditioning consulting. An Athletic Trainer is a licensed professional who provides sports injury evaluation, treatment and prevention, plus advises on safe effective conditioning for health and sports performance. Aaron offers consulting to local high schools, athletic organizations and individual fitness buffs on conditioning techniques that boost performance, reduce injury risks, overcome pain problems and injuries. Aaron is particularly skilled with knee, ankle, foot, shoulder problems and fitness consulting. 12 years at SmartCare. The Athletic Trainer and Physical Therapist under one roof offers a very valuable combination of skills and knowledge.

 

Elissa Thibodeau, PT, of Andover, ME, has joined SmartCare. Elissa has more than 35 years of PT experience, with a strong Cyriax background. She works with SmartCare part-time.   Elissa specializes in pediatric developmental disabilities, as well as musculoskeletal pain disorders.

 

Allen Wicken, PT, MS, of Rangeley, ME, works with SmartCare's WorkSmart Division providing workplace injury prevention and ergonomics programs.  Allen has worked with Lauren off and on since 1989 as a Work Injury Prevention & Ergonomics expert, providing ergonomics problem-solving, Back Schools, and Neck-Arm MSD School programs for hundreds of workplaces nationwide. Allen also specializes in adaptive home design for the physically challenged and aged. He is Certified as an Aging-in-Place specialist by the National Association of Home Builders.  He also works with the Maine Lung Association providing smoking cessation and wellness programs.  Allen is also very active with disabled veterans' issues, including an adaptive bike trek the length of Viet Nam and extended treks in the US honoring 9/11 victims and most recently an adaptive trek involving disabled Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans.

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LAUREN’S RESUME...

LAUREN ANDREW HEBERT, DPT, OCS

PO Box 220

Dixfield, ME 04224

207-562-8048

lhebertpt@prexar.com

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION:

University of Maine, Orono, ME, 1970-1972

University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 1973-1974

        BS in Physical Therapy, Magna Cum Laude 1974

University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 1975-76

        Graduate studies in Medical Education

University of New England, Biddeford, ME, 2006-2008

        Doctor of Physical Therapy

 

CLINICAL TRAINING:

Champlain Valley Medical Center, Plattsburgh, NY, 1973

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH, 1974

Burke Rehabilitation Center, White Plains, NY, 1974

CERTIFICATIONS:

APTA BOARD CERTIFICATION IN ORTHOPEDICS, 1999, 2009

IMPACC MSD PREVENTION & ERGONOMICS CERTIFICATION

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE:

1. 1.Owner-founder of SMARTCARE PHYSICAL THERAPY, Dixfield, ME: Outpatient PT care for orthopedic musculoskeletal dysfunction, work injury, sports and recreation injuries, back and neck pain, TMJ disorders. (1993-present)
   

2. President-founder of IMPACC of New England: Ergonomics and work injury prevention programs for 500 workplaces throughout North America. (1983-1996) (2002-present)

3. Lead Author for IMPACC-USA of Geenville, ME: Publisher of patient education and clinical guides on musculoskeletal problems; sales worldwide. (1988-present)

4. Instructor for NORTHEAST SEMINARS of Hookset, NH: Lead seminar instructor for "Work Injury Prevention and Ergonomics” held throughout USA. (1995-2001)

5. Co-owner-founder of ORTHOPEDIC PHYSICAL THERAPY CENTER and BACK-TO WORK CENTER of Augusta and Bangor, ME: Outpatient orthopedic PT care, work hardening, and functional capacity assessment; on-site PT clinics at several industries in Maine. Orthopedic care, spine, extremity, and TMJ care. (1983-1988)

6. PT Director for PENOBSCOT BAY MEDICAL CENTER in Rockland, ME: Inpatient care, outpatient clinics, SNF services. (1979-1983)

7. Director of THERAPY ASSOCIATES/REHABILITATION ASSOCIATES of Wisconsin and Minnesota: Coordinator and manager of staff of 97 in 57 clinics, hospitals, SNFs, and industry settings throughout the Midwest. (1977-1979)

8. PT Director for BIRCHWOOD HEALTH CARE CENTER, plus staff PT with VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION through the UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATES IN PHYSICAL THERAPY in Burlington, VT.

(1974 -1977)

9. Faculty appointment, academic and clinical instructor for UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT Department of Physical Therapy, Burlington, VT. (1975-77)

POST-GRADUATE CONTINUING EDUCATION:

1. CSM 2000

APTA Combined Sections Meeting, New Orleans, 2000

2. CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME

APTA, self-study, 2000

3. MANAGING THE LUMBAR SPINE

Orthopaedic Section, self-study, APTA, 1999

4. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Orthopaedic Section, self-study, APTA, 1998

5. MICROSTABILIZATION OF THE SPINE

Debbie Dent, PT, Northeast Seminars, Portland, ME 1998

6. MECHANICAL LINK TECHNIQUE

Upledger Institute, Hartford, CT 1997

7. MRI FINDINGS & LOW BACK PAIN

APTA, self-study, 1997

8. MUSCLE ENERGY TECHNIQUES FOR THE SPINE

Sharon Weiselfish, Northeast Seminars, Bethel, ME 1995

9. BACK PAIN MANAGEMENT

State Univ of New York at Syracuse; Robin McKenzie, et at, Boston, MA 1994

10. APTA ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Various seminars and symposia, Cincinnati, OH, 1993

11. ERGONOMICS AND CUMULATIVE TRAUMA

Various Ergonomics Professionals, INDIANAPOLIS, 1992

12. ERGONOMICS

USM Production Technology Ctr, PORTLAND, 1992

13. ERGONOMICS AND CUMULATIVE TRAUMA

Various Ergonomics Professionals, INDIANAPOLIS, 1991

14. ERGONOMICS: THE PT IN THE WORKPLACE

WCPT and APTA, Margaret Bulllock, et al, BOSTON, 1991

15. ERGONOMICS

USM Production Technology Ctr, PORTLAND, 1991

16. APTA/WCPT ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Various seminars and symposia, Boston, MA, 1991

17. APTA ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Various seminars and symposia, Anaheim, CA, 1990

18. APTA ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Various seminars and symposia, Las Vegas, NV, 1988

19. AMERICAN BACK SEMINARS

David Apts, et al, Boston, MA 1986

20. UPPER EXTREMITY CARE: KALTENBORN METHOD

Freddie Kaltenborn, Portland, ME 1985

21. DOGWOOD CONFERENCE,

H. Duane Saunders, Sandy Burkhart, et al, Atlanta, 1985

INDUSTRIAL BACK CARE

FOOT BIOMECHANICS

SHOULDER REHABILITATION

ANKLE AND KNEE SPORTS REHABILITATION

22. LOW BACK PAIN: MENNELL METHOD

John Mennell, Atlanta, 1985

23. CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME: KEY METHOD

Glenda Key, Tampa, FL, 1984

24. NECK AND ARM PAIN: CYRIAX METHOD,

Portland, ME, 1983

25. S-3: ADVANCED NECK/TMJ CARE

Stanley Paris and Steven Kraus, New York, NY 1982

26. LOW BACK PAIN: MCKENZIE METHOD

Rockport, ME, 1981

27. MANAGEMENT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

Ken Winters, Rockland, ME, 1981

28. S-1: SPINE-TMJ EVALUATION AND MOBILIZATION

Stanley Paris and Al Grodin, Boston, MA 1980

29. TMJ MANAGEMENT: EVERSOL METHOD

George Eversol, Milwaukee, WI 1978

30. APTA ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Various seminars and symposia, Las Vegas, NV, 1978

31. INDUSTRIAL INJURY CARE

Tomah rehab, Green Bay, WI, 1977

32. CLINICAL EDUCATION OF PT STUDENTS

University of Vermont PT faculty, Burlington, VT, 1977

33. CARDIAC REHABILITATION

Massachusetts General Hospital Staff, Boston, MA, 1975

34. ISOKINETIC EXERCISE

University of Vermont PT faculty, Burlington, VT, 1974

35. Various individual tutorials with experts on the topics of:

    STRAIN-COUNTERSTRAIN

    MYOFASCIAL RELEASE

    ELECTRO-ACUPUNCTURE

    TMJ CARE

    CRANIOSACRAL TECHNIQUE

    VISCERAL MOBILIZATION

    KINESIOTAPE METHODS

36. IMPACC PREVENTION & ERGONOMICS CERTIFICATION

        IMPACC Group, Portland ME, 1996

37. ADVANCED WORK INJURY REHABILITATION, NovaCare, Phila, PA, 2001

38. MULLIGAN NAG'S & SNAGS MOBILIZATION WITH MOVEMENT, Portland, ME, 2002

39 SACRO-ILIAC TREATMENT, Richard Dontigny, Manchester NH, 2004

40. 40.DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL THERAPY CURRICULUM, Univ of New England, Biddeford, ME, 2006-2008: PT Law and Advocacy; Principles of Clinic Management; Phamacology; Wellness and Prevention; Evidence based Practice; Capstone Research & Publishing.
    

41. 41.ADVANCED SPINAL MANIPULATION; Art Schwartz, Ken Simons; Husson College, Bangor     ME 2008
    

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

1. Faculty appointment as Clinical and Academic Instructor at University of Vermont Physical Therapy Department in Burlington, VT, 1974-1977

2. Guest lecturer, Marquette Univ, Milwaukee, WI; geriatric care, 1977-78

3. Guest lecturer, Univ of Wisconsin-Lacrosse, Lacrosse, WI; geriatric care, 1978

4. 4.Guest lecturer, Univ of New England, Biddeford, ME; manual therapy; TMJ,1985-87
   

5. Guest lecturer, Husson University, Private Practice, 2003

6. Lecturer, Purdue Univ Extension Office; Ergonomics, 1992-1993

7. Lecturer, Univ of Southern Maine Production Technology; Ergonomics,1992-1993

8. Seminar on Care of Low Back Pain, Marquette General Hospital, Marquette, MI, 1986

9. Seminar on TMJ Care, Maine APTA, Bethel, ME, 1985

10. Various ergonomics seminars for the Maine Safety Council; 1988-1993

11. Keynote speaker on Ergonomics for the Maine safety Conference, 1991

12. Keynote speaker on Ergonomics for New Hampshire Safety Conference; 1993

13. Keynote speaker on Ergonomics for New Brunswick Safety Conference, 1993

14. Seminars on Ergonomics provided quarterly throughout the US and Canada on behalf of various medical and business groups; 1986-present.

15. Seminars for PT and OT professionals on Work Injury Prevention and Ergonomics on behalf of IMPACC and Northeast Seminars; 1986-present

16. Advanced training residency programs on Work Injury Prevention for PT and OT professionals on behalf of IMPACC; 1990-present.

17. Work injury prevention seminars and training programs for managers and employees at over 400 workplaces throughout the US and Canada, 1984-present.

16.  e-Professor for Educata.com on line continuing graduate education for physiotherapists worldwide; 2009 to present.

PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE and ASSOCIATIONS:

MAINE PHYSICAL THERAPY LICENSE  PT314

BOARD CERTIFICATION: ORTHOPAEDIC CLINICAL SPECIALIST 1999

APTA MEMBER SINCE 1974

        CHAPTER MEMBERSHIPS: VERMONT, WISCONSIN, MAINE

        PRESIDENT, MAINE CHAPTER APTA...1981-82

ERGONOMICS CERTIFICATION: IMPACC ERGONOMICS & PREVENTION 1993

HUMAN FACTORS AND ERGONOMICS SOCIETY...1991 to 1998

OCCUPATIONAL INJURY PREVENTION & REHAB SOCIETY... 1998 to present

APTA PRESENTATIONS:

    INVITED SPEAKER TO APTA NATIONAL CONFERENCES...1991 Boston

    INVITED SPEAKER TO APTA NATIONAL CONFERENCES...1993 Cincinnati

    INVITED SPEAKER TO WORLD PHYSIOTHERAPY CONGRESS...1992 London

    INVITED SPEAKER TO CALIFORNIA CHAPTER... 1999 and 2006

    INVITED SPEAKER TO MAINE CHAPTER... 2001

    INVITED SPEAKER TO MASS-CT-RI CHAPTERS... 2001

BOOKS PUBLISHED:

1. YOUR BACK FOR LIFE IMPACC, 1993

2. SEX AND BACK PAIN IMPACC, 1987 and 1992

3. LIVING WITH C.T.D. IMPACC, 1990

4. THE NECK-ARM-HAND BOOK IMPACC, 1990 and 1998

5. WORKSMART: THE INDUSTRIAL ATHLETE IMPACC, 1989 and 1996

6. TAKING CARE OF YOUR BACK IMPACC, 1985 and 1987

7. WORKSMART ERGONOMICS PLAN FOR INDUSTRY IMPACC, 1992

8. ERGONOMIC WORK RISK ANALYSIS GUIDE IMPACC, 1993

9. PERSONAL ERGONOMICS GUIDES I, II, III IMPACC, 1994

10. OVERCOMING T.M.J. IMPACC, 1996

11. SMARTCARE GUIDES ( low back, neck, CTS, elbow ) IMPACC, 1999

12. THE WORK INJURY PRACTICE, SmartCare, 1998, 2001

13. BECOMING A RESTRICTED DUTY CONSULTANT, SmartCare, 2001

 

VIDEOS PRODUCED:

1. SEX AND BACK PAIN, IMPACC, 1993

2. RANGE OF MOTION EXERCISES, IMPACC, 1998

 

MULTI-MEDIA PROGRAMS:

1. THE IMPACC BACK SCHOOL, IMPACC, 1988, 1990, 2001

2. THE NECK-ARM CTD SCHOOL, IMPACC, 1988, 1993, 2001

3. ERGO-TEAM TRAINING, IMPACC, 1993, 2001

4. LIVING WITH C.T.D., IMPACC, 1993

5. YOUR BACK FOR LIFE, IMPACC, 1995

6. HOW TO START A PRIVATE PRACTICE, IMPACC, 1995

7. WORK INJURY PRACTICE TOOLS C.D. (for PTs), SmartCare, 2002

8. WORK INJURY TOOLS C.D. (for safety professionals), SmartCare, 2002

9. BUILDING A PRIVATE PRACTICE, SmartCare, 2002, 2008

10. NO-LOST-TIME WORKPLACE CONSULTING & PREVENTION PROGRAM, SmartCare, 2004

 

ARTICLES PUBLISHED:

1. "BECOMING A CONSULTANT TO INDUSTRY"

ORTHO PT PRACT, vol.12, no.2, 2000

2. "STRETCHING EXERCISES FOR THE WORKPLACE"

ORTHOPAEDIC PHYS THER PRACTICE, vol 11-4, 1999

3. "ANALYTIC APPROACH TO PREVENTING CUMULATIVE TRAUMA",

J OCC HEALTH & SAFETY, VOL 62, NO 4, APR 1993

4. "BODY AT WORK",

J OCC HEALTH & SAFETY, VOL 61, NO 10, OCT 1992

5. "THE POLITICS OF WORK INJURY PREVENTION",

INDUST HEALTH & SAFETY NEWS, MAY, 1992

6. "STRETCHING EXERCISES",

INDUST HEALTH & SAFETY NEWS, MAY, 1992

7. "CUMULATIVE TRAUMA PREVENTION",

CLINICAL MGT, VOL 10, NO 5, SEPT 1990

8. "A CUMULATIVE TRAUMA SCHOOL FOR INDUSTRY",

CLINICAL MGT, VOL 10, NO 5, SEPT 1990

9. "INDUSTRIAL PT: A CHANGE OF PLACE",

CLINICAL MGT, VOL 8, NO 6, NOV, 1988

10. "A NEW LOOK AT PROPER LIFTING",

J OCC HEALTH & SAFETY, VOL 56, NO 2, FEB 1987

11. "POST-CHEMONUCLEOLYSIS REHABILITATION PROTOCOL"

PT FORUM, DEC 1986

12. "PROBLEM-ORIENTED QUALITY ASSURANCE PROCESSES",

CLINICAL MGT, VOL 4, NO 5, MAY 1984

13. "PROBLEM-ORIENTED PATIENT CARE PROTOCOLS",

CLINICAL MGT, VOL 4, NO 2, MAR 1984

14. "ESTABLISHING A PROBLEM-ORIENTED SYSTEM OF PRACTICE",

CLINICAL MGT, VOL 3, NO 4, WINTER 1983

15. "THE BASICS OF MEDICARE DOCUMENTATION",

CLINICAL MGT, VOL 1, NO 3, 1981

16. "NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR PHYSICAL THERAPISTS IN INDUSTRY",

PT TODAY, VOL 14, NO 3, MAR 1989

17. "BUILDING PEER CONTACT IN A LARGE GROUP PRACTICE",

PHYSICAL THERAPY, VOL 59, NO 7, JUL 1979

18. "METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT REPLACEMENT",

PHYSICAL THERAPY, VOL 59, NO 7, MAR 1979